US Muslim Group Ready to Host Migrant Children

Outraged by the U.S. policy of separating families suspected of illegally entering the country, the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area has offered to host migrant children taken away from their parents by U.S. authorities. "This immoral policy of taking babies from their parent and locking them up must stop,” Ahmed Bedier, president of United Voices for America, said in a press conference on on June 19. “The Muslim community is ready to do its part by hosting these children in loving and safe homes until they are reunified with their parents," he added. Background More than 2,300 children have been taken&hellip;

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Outraged by the U.S. policy of separating families suspected of illegally entering the country, the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area has offered to host migrant children taken away from their parents by U.S. authorities.

“This immoral policy of taking babies from their parent and locking them up must stop,” Ahmed Bedier, president of United Voices for America, said in a press conference on on June 19.

“The Muslim community is ready to do its part by hosting these children in loving and safe homes until they are reunified with their parents,” he added.